Word Table can save and display data to enable readers to get information more clearly. Users can insert table in Word document with specified rows, columns and format cells to have a good appearance. This guide introduces a solution to create Word table with data and format cells in C# and VB.NET via Spire.Doc for .NET. The screenshot below presents result after creating and formatting Word table.
Spire.Doc for .NET, the professional .NET Word component to operate Word document, provides a Table class to perform tasks on table, for example, including rows, columns, cells and table layout operation. The following will show a specified example to create Word table step by step.
Download and install Spire.Doc for .NET at the beginning and follow steps.
- Firstly, create a new Document class instance and add a new Section in this instance. Invoke Section.AddTable(bool ShowBorder) method to create a table with or without borders.
- Secondly, initialize two String array instances, Header and data to fill table soon.
- Thirdly, Invoke Table.ResetCells(int rowsNum, int columnsNum) method to reset rows and columns numbers.
- Fourthly, fill and format data in table. Create header row at first. Initialize a TableRow instance FRow and set its IsHeader property as true, Height property as a float value and BackColor of RowFormat property as a specified color.
- Use for loop to fill Header in this TableRow instance and format each cell. Set VerticalAlignment of CellFormat property of FRow.
- Then, initialize a Paragraph instance p for Cells of FRow. Set HorizontalAlignment of Format property of p.
- Next, Initialize a TextRange instance TR which stores String array Header.
- Set CharacterFormat property, including FontName, FontSize, TextColor and Bold for TR.
- Create data row now. Initialize another TableRow instance DataRow and set Height property.
- Then, fill this instance with String array data and format cells as operating on FRow.
[C#]
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using Spire.Doc.Fields;
namespace WordTable
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create Table
Document doc = new Document();
Section s = doc.AddSection();
Table table =s.AddTable(true);
//Create Header and Data
String[] Header ={"Item","Description", "Qty","Unit Price","Price"};
String[][] data = {
new String[]{ "Spire.Doc for .NET",".NET Word Component","1","$799.00","$799.00"},
new String[]{"Spire.XLS for .NET",".NET Excel Component","2","$799.00","$1,598.00"},
new String[]{"Spire.Office for .NET",".NET Office Component","1","$1,899.00","$1,899.00"},
new String[]{"Spire.PDF for .NET",".NET PDFComponent","2","$599.00","$1,198.00"},
};
//Add Cells
table.ResetCells(data.Length + 1, Header.Length);
//Header Row
TableRow FRow= table.Rows[0];
FRow.IsHeader = true;
//Row Height
FRow.Height = 23;
//Header Format
FRow.RowFormat.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue;
for (int i = 0; i < Header.Length; i++)
{
//Cell Alignment
Paragraph p = FRow.Cells[i].AddParagraph();
FRow.Cells[i].CellFormat.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Middle;
p.Format.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center;
//Data Format
TextRange TR = p.AppendText(Header[i]);
TR.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri";
TR.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 14;
TR.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.Teal;
TR.CharacterFormat.Bold = true;
}
//Data Row
for (int r = 0; r < data.Length; r++)
{
TableRow DataRow = table.Rows[r + 1];
//Row Height
DataRow.Height = 20;
//C Represents Column.
for (int c = 0; c < data[r].Length; c++)
{
//Cell Alignment
DataRow.Cells[c].CellFormat.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Middle;
//Fill Data in Rows
Paragraph p2 =DataRow.Cells[c].AddParagraph();
TextRange TR2=p2.AppendText(data[r][c]);
//Format Cells
p2.Format.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center;
TR2.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri";
TR2.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12;
TR2.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.Brown;
}
}
//Save and Launch
doc.SaveToFile("WordTable.docx",FileFormat.docx2013);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("WordTable.docx");
}
}
}
[VB.NET]
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Doc
Imports Spire.Doc.Documents
Imports Spire.Doc.Fields
Namespace WordTable
Friend Class Program
Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
'Create Table
Dim doc As New Document()
Dim s As Section = doc.AddSection()
Dim table As Table = s.AddTable(True)
'Create Header and Data
Dim Header() As String = {"Item", "Description", "Qty", "Unit Price", "Price"}
Dim data()() As String = {New String() {"Spire.Doc for .NET", ".NET Word Component", "1", "$799.00", "$799.00"},
New String() {"Spire.XLS for .NET", ".NET Excel Component", "2", "$799.00", "$1,598.00"},
New String() {"Spire.Office for .NET", ".NET Office Component", "1", "$1,899.00", "$1,899.00"},
New String() {"Spire.PDF for .NET", ".NET PDFComponent", "2", "$599.00", "$1,198.00"}}
'Add Cells
table.ResetCells(data.Length + 1, Header.Length)
'Header Row
Dim FRow As TableRow = table.Rows(0)
FRow.IsHeader = True
'Row Height
FRow.Height = 23
'Header Format
FRow.RowFormat.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue
For i As Integer = 0 To Header.Length - 1
'Cell Alignment
Dim p As Paragraph = FRow.Cells(i).AddParagraph()
FRow.Cells(i).CellFormat.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Middle
p.Format.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
'Data Format
Dim TR As TextRange = p.AppendText(Header(i))
TR.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri"
TR.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 14
TR.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.Teal
TR.CharacterFormat.Bold = True
Next i
'Data Row
For r As Integer = 0 To data.Length - 1
Dim DataRow As TableRow = table.Rows(r + 1)
'Row Height
DataRow.Height = 20
'C Represents Column.
For c As Integer = 0 To data(r).Length - 1
'Cell Alignment
DataRow.Cells(c).CellFormat.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Middle
'Fill Data in Rows
Dim p2 As Paragraph = DataRow.Cells(c).AddParagraph()
Dim TR2 As TextRange = p2.AppendText(data(r)(c))
'Format Cells
p2.Format.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
TR2.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri"
TR2.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12
TR2.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.Brown
Next c
Next r
'Save and Launch
doc.SaveToFile("WordTable.docx",FileFormat.docx2013);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("WordTable.docx")
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Spire.Doc, an easy-to-use component to operate Word document, allows developers to fast generate, write, edit and save Word (Word 97-2003, Word 2007, Word 2010) in C# and VB.NET for .NET, Silverlight and WPF.
